Garbini 1980: pl. 1/2 Image free from copyright
Garbini 1980: pl. 1/2 Image free from copyright
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 32, n. 12 Image free from copyright
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
Language Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
Alphabet Ancient South Arabian
Script typology Monumental writing
Writing technique Relief
Measure of letters 12.5
TEXT marker
1 [... ...] ʿṯtr Rfʾn [... ...] 2 [... ...mrʾ-h]mw Nbṭʾl [... ...]
Apparatus 1 According to G. Garbini (1980), the meaning of the god Epithet should be traced back to the north-west semitic verbal stem "rfʾ": "the Healer". 2 Mordtmann and Mittwoch (1931) restored at the beginning [b-rdʾ (ʾ)mrʾ-h]mw.
OBJECT INFORMATIONDeposit Roma, Istituto per l'Oriente "C.A. Nallino" Support type Stone inscription Material Stone Measures h. 31, w. 42 Link to object record
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCEProvenance Modern site Shibām al-Ghirās / Shibām Sukhaym Ancient site S²bmm Geographical area Banī Ḥushaysh Country Yemen Found Reemployed. In modern times Notes The inscription was reemployed in the south-eastern tower. Link to site record
BIBLIOGRAPHYMordtmann and Mittwoch 1931 : 32, n. 12, facsimileMordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften . Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise . 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter. Garbini 1980 : 159-160, pl. 1/2Garbini, Giovanni 1980. Antichità sud arabiche presso l'Istituto per l'Oriente - Roma. Oriente Moderno , 60: 159-161. [Studi in onore di Paolo Minganti]